#dislike

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities. ↗

— Bernard Berenson

#even #faults #hated #life #me

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#characters #creating #define #dislike #embellish

When we dislike someone, or feel threatened by someone, the natural tendency is to focus on something we dislike about the person, something that irritates us. Unfortunately, when we do this--instead of seeing the deeper beauty of the person and giving them energy--we take energy away and actually do them harm. All they know is that they suddenly feel less beautiful and less confident, and it is because we sapped their energy. ↗

— James Redfield

#energy #beauty

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#bossy #cheerful #curiosity #difficulty #dignity

I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#films #movies #silliness #silly #zombies

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else. ↗

— Bette Davis

#because #become #dislike #else #often

Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck. ↗

— Adam Clymer

#disliked #driving #good #humor #i

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#acquaintance #cite #dislike #every #good

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#art #criticism #dislike #function #help

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. ↗

— August Strindberg

#courage #cowards #disliked #dogs #fight